IT guy here. A little background: COVID hit and I got sent home back in 2020 to work from home. I was given a Meraki MX64, a POE switch, and a Meraki WAP coming out of that over POE. Fairly simple setup. This enables me to run a “branch” connection at home, precluding the need for VPN.
FWIW, IP Scope of my work network is 172.20.xxx.xxx
Well, that’s all going into my Google Fiber home network 192.168.xxx.xxx. A while ago, all of my home wifi devices got abruptly kicked off the Internet. A call to my sysadmin later, he found some settings that changed with an update–and Air Marshal at WORK was kicking my HOME devices off of my HOME network. So, obviously, it’s able to see my devices on my home network. He “fixed” this by setting a policy to allow my devices.
I don’t like this one bit. I’m unsure how much he can “see,” but I’d rather my coworkers not “see” anything.
So, here’s the question: If I place a cheap router between my MX64 and my home network and have it hand it an IP that’s on a different subnet (10.10.xxx.xxx), will that prevent the Meraki device from probing my home network?
I have a rudimentary understanding of networking, so please forgive any ignorance. I’m obviously open to other ideas, as well. TIA!
How is your network configured? Ie Wire comes into an isp box, (what is this box?), then to a router and then to the meraki device? Or are you just always using the meraki /work wifi even for your personal stuff?
You should have your own wifi that is for personal that has your devices connected to. The meraki should have a wired connector to this device. The. All your work devices connect to work ssid which would be a vpn connection to work).